LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7726, 31 January 1905, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

I The Corinna toolc away yesterday | lii,Gl7 boxes of butter and -1.'38 cases of cheese. Taranaki is not bankrupt yet. Fruit sajes will bo ht/ld to-day by Mr Newton King at 10.30 a.m. ami bjr Messrs Bow Joy and Griffiths at 8 p.m.: The s.s. Tomoana took away I<\000 carcases of mutton from Wan:ganui yesterday. The steamer goes to London direct. Burglars did good business at Raatihi on Sunday. They broke into the post office and secured the cash box, which contained £153. There is to be a little ceremony at the Old Men's Home' on Thursday afternoon, when the flag i.s to be unfurled on the flagstaff erected in front of the building. An Tnvercargill wire stales that John Mitchell, a flaxmill hand, at Mason's Hay, Stewart Island, was drowned through the capsizing of a iboat while fishing. The Now Plymouth Tennis Club has challenged the Paten Club to a 1 friendly match on February II 111. iThe challonge has been accepted, and the match will be played on the Pa,tca courts.

A man named Peter Adding, late of Waitara, who was admitted to the hospital in October last, died there on Saturday evening. So far as can be ascertained he has no relatives in the colony. The Education Hoard has received a notification from the department that untbr the special circumstances of the case they may take the £2OO promised for impiovements at. Fitzroy out of the general building fund.

The Standard Oil Company are jt*t completing Ihe last link in the great pipe line from Indian territory to the Atlantic coast of the United States. It will be nearly 1000 miles long, and when finished will have cost £17,000.000.

The Central and Courtenay-street Schools re-opened yesterday after the summer vacation. Miss Herry is now a\ member of the Central School staff in place of Miss Stewart, who has been appointed an assistant at West End School.

A cablegram from Ilobart states that a seurch party failed to discover traces of any survivors of the Urierholme, which sdruck on Horseshoe Reef, Green Island. They consider it improbable anyone got. ashore from the wreck.

An attempt was made on Saturday to salvage the ship's papers and passengers' luggage from the Nambucca, but) without success. Thirty-sevan bales of wool wore reicovered. The vessel is considerably [damaged, and will be left to break jup on the rocks.

Mr E. M. Smith, M.H.H., has roGoiverffroin the Premier a telegram to say that the Government have decided to appoint Mr Murdoch Eraser to the vacancy on the High School Hoard and Mr Jennings, M.11.1t., to be one of the. local School Commissioners.

The Post' is authoritatively informed that the Seddon-Taylor slander action will be gone on with, and that plaintilT will call twice as many witnesses as at previous hearing. Application for a change of venue wilL probably be mentioned when Mr Justice Penniston is at Wellinbton this week. As a s-eipiel to the accident which happened to Mr John Newland. of Inglewood, at the end of November lust, on the Junction Road near the Meeting of the Waters, a claim of £.loo_ for damages bos been sent in to the Taranaki County Council. It is stated that the horse stepped into an open trench at the side of the road, threw the rider, and rolled on him, thus causing Mr Newland considerable injuries.

The Rambler Cycle depot is now located opposite-the Coffee Palace. Where sonic of the latest samples of their fine machine, and also of the .Wanderer and Dart cycles are on I view. Combined with cycle work, the proprietor, Mr A. IlolVngworth, Undertakes the reimiring of sewing machines, saw sharpening, etc, as will be seen- by announcement elseI where. Mr A, J, Campbell is managing the business.: fn reply to a joint telegram to the. Premier sent by.Messrs E. M. Smith and W. T. Jennings, M's.II.R., and Air Standish, the following was received yesterday afternoon: "Wellington, Jan. SO,—The (guest ion of metalling the Mountain Road or otherwise rests with the Colonial Secretaryi ami I have sent your telegram on to him, also report, of what I said on the mountain.—H. J. Seddon."

One of the popular fixtures of the year i.s the Taranaki regatta, which will bo held at Waitara on Thursday, February 2:ird. Upon reference! lo another column it will be s#en that the programme contains 21 events, diversified to suit all tastes, and fully sufficient for a good day's engagement. Entries close with Mr H. Spurdle, hon. secretary, on Wednesday, February 15, at 8 p.m. The regatta will be followed by a dance in St. John's Hall*

At the Magistrate's Court, Wanganui, on the 27th inst., Charles C Shield pleaded guilty to a charge of committing two breaches of the Dairy Industry Act. Mr D. Munro, dairy, inspector, who prosecuted, stated that he did not wish to press for a heavy penalty. The more serious charge was that he had permitjted a heap of manure to remain [close to his milking shed instead of removing, it outside lithe statutory distance of Soft. A line of Jul was imposedll for each offence, with 7s costs.

Owing to the immoral conditions in which the negroes are living at Greenwood (Ohio, U.S.), the mayor »f that town ordered that all Of thorn were lo lie married immediately, or bo banished from the place. A rush for marriage licenses degenerated into a riot, necessitating the police being called out to restore .order. During the disturbance four | rioters wore clubbed by the police, one was shot in the hand, and two prospective brides were hurt by being:, trampled on. As there were not enough brides to go round, a number of the negroes had to leave the town.

I The Tasmanian Ship Canal, which has just been completed from plans and specifications of Mi' C. NapierBell, M. Insi. C.E., gives a waterway between Frederick Henry Bay, near Ilobart, and Black Alan Hay, near Maria island, on the east coast, thus saving a long and often very stormy passage round by the open sea. The canal from low water on either side is 70 chains, with long approaches, dredged through shallow Ito deep water of the bays on either sidu. Tho greatest depth of cutting is about .'i:if(, and the width at the bottom is 18ft, with two slopes, fh» approaches being ■Hllft wide, and' a siding is provided ,_to let' vessels puss each other. The Idepth is 10ft at low, water, with oft rise of tide. A fine swing bridge carries the main road over the canal. WUY IT SELLS. If SYKES' DRENCH were not backed by real merit it would have been dead' long ago. Do you want to know why it sells? WORD OF MOUTH ADVERTISING. A farmer nys it, perhaps through chance, maybe a. friend recommends it to him. However, he gives it. a trial. A valuable cow's life is saved ; next time several of his pigs are sick ; he tries it again ; and so it goes on ntil after two or throe more trials he finds it can be depended upon. When his neighbours- cows are sick ha savs : "Why don't .you use SYKHS' Drench ? Best thing I ever struck. Get a packet, old chap, and ist use it according tothe directions, mid it. will do the rest." 'litis friend tries it with similar results and recommends it to another, nd so it. grows constantly because it faithfully does its work. Each Packet of SYKES' DRENCH contains two drenches. Price Is 6d.— Advt. The first term of the Sacred Henri High School commences on Wednesday, February Ist, lUOo*